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The ruin of Rome, or, An exposition upon the whole Revelation wherein is plainly…The ruine of Rome, or, An exposition upon the whole Revelation wherein is plainly…
The ruin of Rome, or, An exposition upon the whole Revelation wherein is plainly showed and proved that the popish religion, together with all the power and authority of Rome, shall ebb and decay ... written especially for the comfort of Protestants and the daunting of papists ... / published by Arthur Dent ; to which is added an epitome of Reverend Mr. Brightman his Exposition upon the Revelation.The ruine of Rome, or, An exposition upon the whole Revelation wherein is plainly shewed and proved that the popish religion, together with all the power and authority of Rome, shall ebbe and decay ... written especially for the comfort of Protestants and the danting of papists ... / published by Authur Dent ; to which is added an epitome of Reverend Mr. Brightman his Exposition upon the Revelation.
London: printed by T.H. and I.Y. for Jo. Waterson, 1644
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CHAP. XX.
Saint John having in the former Chapters plainly and plentifully set down the utter overthrow both of the beast and false prophet, that is, the Roman Empire and the Papacy, doth now in this Chapter set forth the condemnation of the Dragon, their grand Captain, which set them all on work. For there hath as yet been no motion of him, which hath been the beginner and raiser up of the rest, and the great worker of all mischief; therefore now cometh his judgment and condemnation. Now because he hath been a more general worker, and his mischief hath extended larger then the ⟨p. 359⟩kingdom of Antichrist, therefore in this twentieth chapter there is an history of him set forth by it self: First, how he seduced the nations before the coming of Christ: afterward, how Christ at his coming bindeth him by the light of his Gospel from seducing the nations, and so holdeth him shut up for the space of a thousand years, in which the Church did greatly flourish, and many were raised up unto the spiritual life. But when the thousand years were expired, Satan was let loose, and went forth again to seduce, and by the great Antichrist and the Turk, gathered innumerable multitudes into his armies to fight against the Church, which armies are called Gog and Magog.
SAint John having in the former Chapters plainly and plentifully set down the utter overthrow both of the beast and false prophet, that is, the Roman Empire and the Papacy, doth now in this Chapter set forth the condemnation of the Dragon, their grand Captain, which set them all on work. For there hath as yet been no motion of him, which hath been the beginner and raiser up of the rest, and the great worker of all mischiefe; therefore now cometh his judgment and condemnation. Now because he hath been a more generall worker, and his mischiefe hath extended larger then the ⟨p. 359⟩